Mother's Day hits the century mark this year -- but instead of looking to the calendar, a Christian needs only to look to the Bible for reason to honor their mother.
An economic policy expert with the Heritage Foundation is warning against a federal government bailout of troubled homeowners who bought more than they could afford.
An analyst who predicted historic high oil prices three years ago is accusing the U.S. government of being shortsighted in neglecting to establish a solid energy policy.
Joel Richardson, the author of a new book that is critical of Islam, says Americans mustn't be afraid to tell the truth about that religion, despite intimidation by Muslims.
Influential Christian political activist Tony Perkins says, although well-intentioned, the new document titled "An Evangelical Manifesto" misses the mark.
Muslim villagers in Mymensingh district eager to rid the area of the Christian work of a local pastor have gang-raped his 13-year-old daughter, the girl's father said. more >>
Christian missionaries in Bhutan, a predominately Buddhist nation, faced new challenges Thursday, May 8, nearly a month after villagers were reportedly expelled from their home for becoming Christians. more >>
Native missionaries in Maharashtra, India’s third largest state, continued their activities Wednesday, May 7, amid mounting opposition against Christianity in the area, BosNewsLife learned. more >>
Muslim extremists and local government authorities last week threatened to tear down a church building under construction in North Sumatra even though church leaders met requirements of Indonesia’s draconian law on worship places, the church's pastor said. more >>
Three men, one of them armed with a gun and wearing gloves, threatened a Protestant church and its pastor in the Turkish capital city of Ankara yesterday. The culprits fled in a car before police could be summoned. more >>
Villagers in India's state of Madhya Pradesh on Saturday, May 3, recalled that exactly one month ago a local Christian leader was killed because his faith in Christ was wrongly understood, BosNewsLife monitored. more >>
Former police and security officers in North Korea told a U.S. government body that their superiors had instructed them to play the role of Christians and infiltrate "underground" prayer meetings in order to incriminate, arrest, imprison and sometimes execute believers in North Korea. more >>
The Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Gujarat state has implemented an "anti-conversion" law passed in 2003, increasing Christians' fears that it will open the door to false accusations by Hindu extremists. more >>
Macedonia's controversial new Religion Law was due to come into force Thursday, May 1, a move rights groups say is designed to prevent the Serbian Orthodox Church of gaining legal status and could target unregistered Christian groups and congregations. more >>
Christians in several parts of Indonesia faced another difficult day Wednesday, April 23, amid reports that Islamic militant groups and local governments in Indonesia have closed at least 110 churches from 2004 to 2007. more >>
There was uncertainty Monday, April 21, about the status of hundreds of Dalit Christians who church leaders said were likely forced to re-convert to Hinduism, in what organizers called the "first ever mass conversion" in India's state of Tamil Nadu. more >>
A bookstore owner in Beijing was still behind bars Saturday, April 19, a month after he was re-arrested for publishing Bibles and Christian literature, his wife said. more >>
Chinese security forces detained dozens of House Church Christians in Xinjiang Autonomous Region, forcing them to show allegiance to the government as part of crackdown similar to a campaign against Buddhist monks in nearby Tibet, rights watchers said Thursday, April 17. more >>
A charismatic Christian in Uzbekistan remained missing Saturday, April 12, more than a week after he was reportedly detained as part of a government crackdown on Protestant believers and other religious communities in this Islamic nation. more >>
Members of a United Methodist congregation in Russia were without a church Sunday, April 13, after authorities closed it for running a Sunday School without government permission, the latest in a series of police raids targeting Christian education, Christians said. more >>
An Algerian Christian was handed a two-year suspended sentence for “proselytism” yesterday amid an ongoing government crackdown on 26 of Algeria’s 50 Protestant congregations, a church leader said. more >>
House church leaders and other Christians remained detained Sunday, April 6, in China’s Sichuan Province, on charges of running an "evil cult" after security forces raided their house church and Sunday School, fellow Christians said. more >>
A devoted Christian in Uzbekistan’s second largest city faced more police interrogations Saturday, April 5, after security forces broke up a Christian home meeting, a well-informed rights group told BosNewsLife. more >>
A Vietnamese Degar Montagnard Christian who refused to join the Communist-backed church in Vietnam’s Central Highlands has been tortured to death in prison, while other detainees were beaten for declining to renounce their faith in Christ, representatives told BosNewsLife. more >>
Government initiated attacks in China against Christians and their churches are "the worst in years" with a "wave of persecution" reported across the Communist nation, a well-informed group revealed Tuesday, April 1. more >>
Mother's Day hits the century mark this year -- but instead of looking to the calendar, a Christian needs only to look to the Bible for reason to honor their mother.
Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia, is facing harsh criticism over the posting of sexually explicit photos and images, including that of homosexuals.
An economic policy expert with the Heritage Foundation is warning against a federal government bailout of troubled homeowners who bought more than they could afford. 
Republican senators are calling on environmental regulators to stop the U.S. ethanol mandate over concern of rising food prices.
An analyst who predicted historic high oil prices three years ago is accusing the U.S. government of being shortsighted in neglecting to establish a solid energy policy.
Disaster relief teams from the Southern Baptist Convention are responding in the aftermath of the deadly Burmese cyclone. 
Joel Richardson, the author of a new book that is critical of Islam, says Americans mustn't be afraid to tell the truth about that religion, despite intimidation by Muslims. 
Influential Christian political activist Tony Perkins says, although well-intentioned, the new document titled "An Evangelical Manifesto" misses the mark. 
The University of Toledo has taken action against an administrator that has aroused concern over free-speech violations. 